Sam Gibbons

this great country is struggling to find its way through the darkness of cynicism, distrust, and divisiveness, because this body and this administration tend to demagogue, to speak against others when we do not agree with them or their…

this Congress has an historic and exciting opportunity to do something it should have done a long time ago, abolish the marriage tax penalty. Many young couples are surprised to learn that government actually penalizes people for getting…

most Democrats think they are thinking, but in reality, they are merely reorganizing and rearranging their own prejudices. For example, when it comes to working Americans, Republicans and Democrats have major differences in their visions…

the cog wheel of liberal logic has just a few teeth missing. It seems that my Democratic colleagues on the other side of the aisle are complaining because Republicans want to use one thin dime of each dollar of the budget surplus to reduce…

today, yes, the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States in Philadelphia in 1787 should not be an occasion for partisanship. However, we are forced to confront the reality of how liberals and conservatives have…

there are few issues which separate liberals and conservatives in dramatic fashion. Taxes, of course, is one; and crime is another. But defense and national security issues also illustrate two sharply different visions, different world…

I believe that the Republicans have found a sound, logical, and fair plan to save the Social Security trust fund. The Republican budget surplus plan, the 90-10 plan, sets aside 90 percent of the general revenue surplus until we make good…

no doubt about it, we are living in a more dangerous world today than ever before. Weapons of mass destruction are possessed and are increasingly available around the world and the violence of terrorism is about to take a step toward us on…

Whether it is just the pocket change in our purses or pockets, or our Nation's highways and bridges, or our personal computers, minerals are paving our Nation's way into the 21st century. Without the minerals and materials supplied by the…

last Friday, the United States Air Force lost 12 brave airmen who specialized in combat search and rescue and special operations missions. These airmen were representatives of the very best of the United States Air Force. They were highly…

well, Saddam Hussein and Iraq are at it again. I am not surprised, are you? It seems that Saddam Hussein has decided to stop cooperating once again with the United Nations weapons inspectors. As expected, the United Nations have offered…

we are now living in a world where missile technology is proliferating and the risk of missile attack is increasing each and every day. The United States should be working to eliminate restrictions on the development and deployment of a…

I do not recall precisely what I was doing July 21, but I do recall that I was not celebrating the passage of the Education Savings Accounts, a middle-class and low-income initiative that would have given millions of parents hope, hope for…

H.G. Wells once said, ``Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.'' Well, two weeks ago special interests, liberals, and the President gave in to catastrophe, putting our children's education, their…

of all the gains of our civilization and this great Nation, nothing has propelled the progress of civilization over the centuries as have the products of the mining industry. A great deal of what we see around us, what we hear, what we…

the events of last week simply underscore the fact that we live in a dangerous and unpredictable world. Not only must America respond to local threats, but we must also continue our vigilance to protect our Nation from foreign threats…

on this solemn day, I rise to join my colleagues in paying tribute, a special tribute, to the heroic actions of Officer Jacob J.J. Chestnut and Special Agent John Gibson. The quick and professional actions that cost them their lives…

the Democrats have known for a long time that a government that robs from Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul. Our liberal colleagues want to rob the hard working taxpayers of America by taking their tax surplus…

once again, the counterfeit logic of the Democrats and this President have put the children of America at risk. I am not talking about the sale of classified military technology to China. I am talking about the President's veto of the…

the tug of war between the common sense of ordinary people and the nonsense of government bureaucracy continues. Recently a wildland fire started in my district and has continued to burn unabated for the last 3 days. This fire could have…

today I rise to address the very important issue of school violence. I was recently pleased to learn that this administration will finally hold a national conference on school safety sometime in October of this year. Because no community…

during this appropriations season here in Congress, we should all remember exactly why we are here and what promises we made to the American people. Those promises are to reduce the size and the scope and the power, especially the power…

yes, President Clinton is back from his 9- day, $50 million, taxpayer-financed road trip to China. I have to give it to him, however; most Americans never get a chance to have an overseas vacation, let alone one where they take 1,200 of…

as we all know, the President and his entourage just recently returned from a 9-day, taxpayer-paid, $50 million trip to China. It appears that America's tough-talking trade representative, Charlene Barshefsky, has shunned and even ignored…

the President is back from a $50 million trip to China and he said that the Chinese now plan to move their nuclear-tipped missiles away from American children and American cities. So why are Americans a little confused and scratching their…